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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Great Surprise: Albania - Greece, still not recognize the land border

Xhufi: "Even after World War II in 1946, may be hosting the Third World struggle to finally resolve the issue of borders with Albania, and annexed the southern Albania to Greece"

TIRANA , Greece has not ever known land border with Albania, refusing even two agreements for this purpose. This confirms the Albanian historian , Professor Pellumb Xhufi says there is no agreement land borders with Greece .

Albania and Greece do not recognize not only the problem of the maritime boundary agreement but there is no agreement on the land border . And even worse is that Greece does not agree either with the limit set by the ambassadors in 1913 , looking after the two world wars and to change them continuously refusing to sign an agreement with the Albanian side to configure this limit , clearly showing that exclusion of the law of war in effect for 73 years is no accident.

Lack of knowledge of the land border and confirms the leading Albanian historian , Professor Xhufi when our neighbor Greece says no known threshold specified in the conference of ambassadors in 1913. " There is an agreement with Greece for the maintenance of border signs and to avoid border incidents . These two agreements will mark the recognition of " de jure " to limit determined by the Conference of Ambassadors in 1913 , " the newspaper "Shqiptarja.com" said yesterday Xhufti, He speaks on issues that have come to the border all these years and the necessity of signing these agreements , required by the Government. " The Albanian government has denounced the Greek refusal to sign two agreements in 1994 , after the aggression against a military unit in Peshkėpi .

After 1997, Greece has undertaken to repair the crossing signs , but not signed the relevant agreement . Even border incidents has chosen to settle in the context of cooperation between the border police, thus avoiding the respective agreements with the Albanian side, "said Professor Xhufi. To whom much more serious is the fact that our southern neighbor claims to the limit set in the beginning of the last century. " Greece does not recognize the 1913 border , has sought to revise its after World War I , in 1919 .

But after World War II, in 1946, may be hosting the Third World struggle to finally resolve the issue of borders with Albania, and annexed southern Albania to Greece," said Xhufi.

(THE SLOG) - On Thursday, the Slog published a story revealing findings from a "secret ballot" quantitative research polling that was undertaken by what the blog says from the American Embassy in Greece. The results, claims the article, spells trouble for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras … and present Brussels with even bigger problems.

In a sensational development, results from an opinion poll allowing respondents to keep their final voting intentions "secret" during the interview show some astonishing developments since the Coalition "crackdown" on Golden Dawn. This is the state of the Parties as recorded by the study (%):
Syriza (Left) 23.5
Golden Dawn (Far Right) 17.5
New Democracy (Conservative) 13.5
KKE (Communist) 5.5
ANEL (Conservative) 4.5
PASOK (Venizelos) 2.9
Plan B (Anti-Troika) 2.5
DIMAR (Pro-Pasok) 2.2
Others c. 20
Undecided c. 10.0
In a recent Slog post, it seemed likely that the “collapse” in Golden Dawn support had been overstated by open questioning: given the chance to keep their extremism quiet, older more traditional Greeks are siding with GD’s “patriotism” and avowed policy of helping the old on a district-by-district basis. Whatever any of us may feel about the neo-Nazis, this strategy has very successful. We must also reluctantly take our hats off to American psephologists, who probably still lead the world in the study of voting behaviour … and how to tell lies from truth.

As both the Lenders and the IMF represent America more or less directly, we can be sure that Brussels and Berlin are already aware of this result.

Meanwhile, in an as yet unconfirmed report, bizarrely the Slog was told that ‘a significant number of members of the parliament, who belong to New Democracy, but they are coming from the part of New Democracy which is the old part that belongs to Konstantinos Karamanlis (the founder of New Democracy and that who took the country after the Junta of 1974) are very very disappointed with what ND has become under Samaras.They may be in secret discussions which may include even the possibility of supporting SYRIZA, if SYRIZA is going to fight Troika’.

Farts have a tendency to backfire, and that truism seems to apply to Antonikis more than most. What looked at first sight like a smart move (bash the Nazis) has predictably stirred the hornets’ nest bigtime.

Chaos with former-owners' cases The Property Return and Compensation Agency is in a real chaos, since the 7000 applications submitted by citizens have created a large pile of documents and no solution has been found so far.

For the last three years, the applications have been staying in the shelves of the Agency.

“The situation is very critical, because all the applications are at the same progression level. There are 7000 applications and the number hasn’t changed even today”, declared Sonila Qato, Director of the PRCA.

The law obliges the agency to answer within three months to every application.

“The files have been staying there for years. You can find them from 1995, together with more recent ones”, Qato declared.

The delays and law violations have not only created a chaos, but also a financial damage that is paid by the citizens’ taxes. The government is losing each day more cases in Strasbourg, making the country’s already weak finances even worse.

Qato says that the government is preparing some measures that will start with the reformation of all responsible institutions.

“First of all, we need to create a map for all the decisions taken during the years. We don’t have a digital map yet, which should show all the decisions taken by the agency.W e should also identify the decisions that have been made twice on the same property, with people asking for a recompensation”, Qato declared.

The World Bank and other institutions have appealed the Albanian government for years to resolve the chaos with the properties, which, according to them, discourages the foreign investments and stops the country’s economic development.

Pasok collapses, Syriza leads

Golden Dawn surges into 2nd place

New Democracy diehards set to desert Samaras

Previously
100% reliable Athens sources this morning relayed to The Slog findings
from ‘secret ballot’ quantitative research polling undertaken by the
American Embassy there. The results spell trouble for Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras…..and present Brussels with even bigger problems.

In a sensational development today, results
from an opinion poll allowing respondents to keep their final voting
intentions ‘secret’ during the interview show some astonishing
developments since the Coalition ‘crackdown’ on Golden Dawn. This is the
state of the Parties as recorded by the study (%):

Syriza (Left) 23.5

Golden Dawn (Far Right) 17.5

New Democracy (Conservative) 13.5

KKE (Communist) 5.5

ANEL (Conservative) 4.5

PASOK (Venizelos) 2.9

Plan B (Anti-Troika) 2.5

DIMAR (Pro-Pasok) 2.2

Others c. 20

Undecided c. 10.0

As I posted recently, it seemed likely that
the “collapse” in Golden Dawn support had been overstated by open
questioning: given the chance to keep their extremism quiet, older more
traditional Greeks are siding with GD’s “patriotism” and avowed policy
of helping the old on a district-by-district basis. Whatever any of us
may feel about the neo-Nazis, this strategy has very successful. We must
also reluctantly take our hats off to American psephologists, who
probably still lead the world in the study of voting behaviour….and how
to tell lies from truth.

As both the Lenders and the IMF represent
America more or less directly, we can be sure that Brussels and Berlin
are already aware of this result.

Meanwhile, in an as yet unconfirmed report,
bizarrely I am told that ‘a significant number of members of the
parliament, who belong to New Democracy, but they are coming from the
part of New Democracy which is the old part that belongs to Konstantinos
Karamanlis (the founder of New Democracy and that who took the country
after the Junta of 1974) are very very disappointed with what ND has
become under Samaras.They may be in secret discussions which may include
even the possibility of supporting Syriza, if Syriza is going to fight
Troika’.

Farts have a tendency to backfire, and that
truism seems to apply to Antonikis more than most. What looked at first
sight like a smart move (bash the Nazis) has predictably stirred the
hornets’ nest bigtime.

I’d love to record that Antonis Samaras is,
as we say in English, “too clever by half”. But the overwhelming
majority of my Greek friends suggest the opposite is true.

British Navy continues operations in Porto Palermo, Himara Region

Plymouth Royal Marines on exercise in Albania

A COLD War submarine base and a small island fortress in Albania
were the settings for a week-long exercise testing Bickleigh's Royal
Marines.
Exercise Dragon Hammer saw Lima Company, of 42 Commando, practise
weaving through Porto Palermo's underground tunnels using night-vision
technology while Juliet Company were armed with the military's latest
pistol.

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The exercise was hot on the heels of last month's
large-scale Albanian Lion exercise – the first set-piece for the UK's
Response Force Task Group on Cougar 13.
42 Commando are the nation's on-call commando unit, ready to deploy anywhere in the world at short notice.

Marines return to Albania for Ex Dragon Hammer

Marines return to Albania for Ex Dragon Hammer

02/10/2013

Plymouth-based Royal Marines have returned to Albania for a
further week’s workout with the country’s Armed Forces as part of Cougar
13.

Dragon Hammer was an excellent opportunity – and one that the
Commando fully exploited. Arduous, complex terrain and a challenging
environment provided some fantastic training opportunities.

Lt Col Neil Sutherland

Hot on the heels of last month’s
large-scale Albanian Lion exercise – the first set-piece for the UK’s
Response Force Task Group on Cougar 13 – elements of 42 Commando Royal
Marines have returned to the Balkan country for a further week.
The Bickleigh-based Royal Marines are the nation’s on-call commando
unit, ready to deploy anywhere in the world at short notice should the
government determine their presence is required.
The week-long Exercise Dragon Hammer with the Vikings of the Royal
Marines’ Armoured Support Group saw the green berets train mainly around
the bay of Vlorë – also the setting for Albanian Lion.
Lima Company used night-vision technology to practise moving through
an underground tunnel complex at Porto Palermo, near Himarë, which once
served as a base for Cold War submarine operations in the Adriatic.
Their week of Dragon Hammer concluded with a company-level attack on
the small island fortress of Sazan, just off the Vlorë peninsula – and
also the focal point for an assault during Albanian Lion.

Vulin says he's in Kosovo "because EULEX didn't ban him"

ZVEČAN -- Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday that he was in Kosovo "because EULEX did not issue a ban for his entry."

Vulin and Mihajlović are seen in Kosovo on Thursday (Tanjug)

Serbia's
minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija added that
he "does not communicate with interim institutions in Priština."
"I
respect the mandate of the international community, Resolution 1244. If
EULEX had officially banned my visit, I would certainly have adhered to
that. I have no communication with interim institutions in Priština,"
Vulin told reporters.

Together with Serbian Minister of Energy,
Development and Environmental Protection Zorana Mihajlović, Vulin was
touring Gazivode Lake near Zubin Potok, the Valac electricity
substation, Trepča Mines and Gračanica.

Tanjug reported earlier that Priština had banned Vulin's visit to Kosovo and Metohija.

The minister noted that Priština "wants two kinds of Serbs- those who
will boycott elections in the north, and those who will boycott Belgrade
in the south."

"I do not belong to either of these groups, and
that is why I am a pretty big obstacle to both. Priština will do
everything it can to ensure that these groups argue, that is to break
the unity of Serbs, and not allow the formation of a community of Serb
municipalities," Vulin said.

"I will not let that happen. That is why I am a threat. However, it is my duty to stand by my people," he underlined.

There has been some confusion today regarding how Vulin entered Kosovo,
considering that the authorities in Priština said they did not approve
it, while a spokesman for the Kosovo police said he "had no information
that Vulin had officially entered Kosovo."

KPS regional chief
in the north Nenad Đurić also did not know how Vulin arrived there.
Asked by Radio Free Europe (RFE) if the Serbian government official
"took an alternative road," Đurić said he "did not know if that was
possible."

In Priština, Hashim Thaci's adviser Bekim Colaku
said that Vulin was banned from entering Kosovo "because he did not
adhere to the criteria of the Kosovo authorities during his previous
visit."

"Vulin was banned from entering Kosovo today because on
October 14 he took part in an elections campaign rally. He submitted
his request via the EU office, that request was forwarded to us, we
reached a negative decision," Colaki told RFE.

The parliamentary plenum on Wednesday lifted the immunity of six
deputies of the far-right Golden Dawn party following roll call voting.

According to the voting results, 246 MP voted in the affirmative, while one vote was found to be invalid.

As
such the immunity of Efstathios Boukouras, Giorgos Germenis, Elias
Kassidiaris, Ilias Panagiotaros, Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos and
Panagiotis Iliopoulos was lifted.

The request for the lifting of
immunity by prosecuting magistrates relates to Boukouras', Germenis' and
Iliopoulos' involvement in what the press has been telling us is a criminal organisation, while for the rest to older criminal cases was submitted to parliament.

MILLIONS of Albanians are one step closer to getting
the right to come and work in Britain after Brussels gave the country
the go-ahead to join the EU.

Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama with EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy [GETTY]A report from the European Commission
recommended the poverty-stricken Balkan state for “candidate status” as a
potential new recruit to the organisation.

Albania's application
has been championed by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is
advising the country's Socialist leader on how to achieve membership.

A recent survey shows one in seven Albanians live on less than £1.20 per day, making it one of Europe's poorest countries.

Immigration pressure-group Migration Watch said it could take up to 20 years for Albania to achieve full membership.

The
group's vice-chairman Alp Mehmet said: "We need to have a gap from
Albania joining and its citizens getting full access to our labour
market.

"When there's a difference in salary levels of five times, Britain is very attractive for significant numbers of migrants.

"In terms of expecting their economy to grow, 20 years in development terms it's not a very long time.

"Until
Albania's earning levels are compatible with ours there should be no
question of them having access to our labour market."

Earlier
this month Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama saidMr Blair would be
"personally, totally and voluntarily" advising the Albanian government
and helping with his "extraordinary experience and political geniality."

A spokesman for Mr Blair said he was helping Albania join the
28 nations in the EU in part because of its proximity to the Balklands -
an area of Europe he has a particular affinity with after leading
Britain's involvement in the Kosovo conflict in the late nineties.

Ukip
deputy leader Paul Nuttall said: “It would be utter madness to bring
Albania into the EU, another country with huge issues of criminal
activity and terrifying poverty.

“We can see now what will happen and we must act to stop it.”

The
proposal was made in the annual “enlargement report” from the
Brussels-based commission, which discusses the future expansion of the
28-member EU.

If accepted into the EU there woul be 3.1 million citizens with the right to move to Britain [GETTY]

We can see now what will happen and we must act to stop it

Paul Nuttal Ukip Deputy Leader

Earlier this month Albanian Prime
Minister Edi Rama saidMr Blair would be "personally, totally and
voluntarily" advising the Albanian government and helping with his
"extraordinary experience and political geniality."

A spokesman
for Mr Blair said he was helping Albania join the 28 nations in the EU
in part because of its proximity to the Balklands - an area of Europe he
has a particular affinity with after leading Britain's involvement in
the Kosovo conflict in the late nineties.

Ukip deputy leader Paul
Nuttall said: “It would be utter madness to bring Albania into the EU,
another country with huge issues of criminal activity and terrifying
poverty.

“We can see now what will happen and we must act to stop it.”

The
proposal was made in the annual “enlargement report” from the
Brussels-based commission, which discusses the future expansion of the
28-member EU.

The European Commission stated that Albania fulfilled the Candidate
Status conditions, but to convince the hesitating member countries that
will vote in December, our country must keep up with the fight against
organized crime and corruption.

“The European Union concluded
that Albania marked good progress with the European Integration,
especially the essential measures connected with the candidate status,
and by continuing reforms defined as key priorities in the Opinion of
the Commission of 2010. Albania took the first steps for improving the
efficiency of investigations and prosecution in fight against organized
crime and corruption. The Parliamentary Elections of 2013 were generally
calm and in good order. Based on this, the European Commission
recommends that Albania should receive the candidate status, in the
sense that Albania is continuing to take actions in the fight against
organized crime and corruption”, declared the European Commissioner for
Enlargement, Stefan Fule.

According to the Commission, for
Albania to open the accession talks, which are the next step, first it
must fulfill the four remaining conditions of the Opinion 2010.

“Albania
must continue with the public administration reform; must undertake
further actions for reinforcing independence, efficiency and
responsibilities of the judiciary institutions; must make more decisive
steps in the fight against organized crime and corruption, including the
establishing of strong evidence tracking and proactive investigations,
criminal prosecution and convictions. Albania must take efficient
measures to strengthen the human rights protection, including policies
for the Roma community, together with anti-discrimination policies and
the implementation of property rights laws”, Fule declared.

The
Commissioner declared that Albania’s positive commitment in the region
is essential for the European future of the country, and that a
constructive and stable dialogue between the government and the
opposition is vital for the European integration reforms.

As for
the Copenhagen Economic criteria, the Commission assessed that Albania
was able to keep the macro-economic stability, but the domestic economy
remains delicate and vulnerable to internal structural weaknesses and to
the global economic destabilization.

Concerns remain about the
high budget deficit, bad loans of the banking system, public debt and
its short-term provisions, The progress report says that the fiscal
prediction should be guaranteed from lowering the current overestimation
of revenues, and by collecting taxes with more efficiency.

As
for the adaptation to European laws, Albania has reached progress in the
areas of public procurement, statistics, justice, customs, freedom and
security. But there is limited progress in the areas of copyright
protection, taxes, energy, environment and climatic changes. The
progress report demands stable efforts in strengthening the
administrative capacities and in implementing the legislations for
improving transparency and accountability.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Albania - Greece : " Martial law is still in force Official document of the Greek Foreign Ministry sent to the Albanian embassy in Athens on June 28, 1999, showing clearly the Greek position on the war between the two countries.

The letter sent to the English language , it denies the statements made yesterday by the Greek Foreign Minister , Evangelos Venizelos , who said that the law of war has been removed from Greece in 1987 , notes the publication of the Albanian newspaper century ' .

The letter dated June 28, 1999 wrote:"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs , in response to the concern of the Albanian Embassy , said that the number of Law 2636 of 1940 and Law No. 4560 of 1966 is still in force ."The date of this letter is after August 1987, when the Greek government by decree of the Papandreou government , abolished the state of war with Albania.Additionally, this act described as inadequate , because such recognition should be issued following a decision by Parliament, or decree of the President of the Republic.The request was made three years after the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with former President Sali Berisha , between Albania and Greece

But the document presented today , which is in the archives of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries since 1999, shows that friendship and cooperation is still under the shadow of war.The articulation of the Albanian diplomacy to repeal this law comes for a second time, after a similar request in Greece , - which was not given to the media - made ​​by former Foreign Minister Edmond Panariti .The Albanian government insists - beyond all this - to withdraw this decision legally , from the Greek parliament.

However , this move will bring many consequences , because the war is associated with many problems, such as Chams , properties and assets are not recognized by the Greek side.But as with courage the Albanian government highlighted this issue , so he could settle it for both Chams as well as sea borders.

Particularly at a time when Greece from January takes place as the EU presidency and Albania aspires to obtain the status of candidate country in December , says the Albanian newspaper .

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

On Monday, Anonymous hacktivists announced another huge leak
of documents which comes from Greece’s MOFA (Hellenic Ministry of
Foreign Affairs) and OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe).

Anonymous hacktivist have claimed this leak and dubbed
it #OpGoldenDawn but they did not say how they obtained these documents,
which means that the whole issue could really be a malicious insider or
external breach of its systems. Nonetheless they did state that there
is more to come.

“We all know how bad the situation in Greece today is, alongside the economic
mayhem the government allowed Nazis from Golden Dawn to sabotage the
integrity of entire country and European principles of freedom and
moral,” the hackers said. “Today we deliver first sucker punch in a series of jaw breaking leaks, to reveal the truth about
the Greece government involvement in conspiracy to spy on us with the
help of its ENISA and OSCE cybercrime units. Those responsible for
arrests of our fellow lulz charged with OP Payback. 13 is a sacral
number so we will deliver one punch to reach exactly that.”

The story, which appeared on the aconservativeedge blog, even includes the links of the released files.

Letta: Serbia should be 29th EU member

Source: Tanjug

ANCONA -- Italian PM Enrico Letta says his country
will continue supporting Serbia on its EU road as it wants the country
to become the next - 29th - EU member state.

(Tanjug)

"When
it comes to Italy’s foreign policy, this is Italy’s national priority,
Letta said. We will continue to work to that end and now, Belgrade and
Brussels need to take the next steps," Letta said at a joint press
conference with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić after a joint meeting
of the two countries’ governments in Ancona, Italy.
Today's
Italy-Serbia summit once again underlined in a most obvious way the fact
that Serbia is a very important cooperation partner to Italian
businessmen, Letta said.

"We wanted the summit to be held here
in the Marche region, where business is done primarily by small and
medium-sized enterprises, the Italian prime minister said. In addition,
we wanted to talk about cooperation in the field of industrial
production," he added.

Recalling the fact that his country is
taking over the EU presidency on July 1 next year, Letta said that Italy
will do everything to make the period a time of growth for Europe,
after five years of rigorous savings.

Letta emphasized the
importance of holding the summit, noting that it is the first such
meeting for the current Italian government, and that they have planned
similar meetings with a number of other countries, such as France,
Russia and Spain.

It shows how much relations with Serbia, both
in the area of foreign policy and in the area of trade and economy, are
important to Italy, said Letta.

The central part of Italian
foreign policy is the Balkans and Serbia, which could play a key role in
this region of Europe, the Italian prime minister said.

Dačić
thanked Letta for Italy’s strong support of Serbia's efforts in European
integration, stressing that in terms of economic cooperation, Italy has
outpaced other Serbia’s partners and has become its major trading
partner.

"We expect a lot of good things next year; we expect
that the period during the presidency of the Union by two of our friends
– Greece and Italy – will be a good time for Serbia,” said Dačić.

We are bound by traditional friendship and Italy should "take its place
in the Balkans," Dačić said. "If it does not do that, somebody else
will,” he added.

“We want our friends to support important
decisions in the future, that is, to help ensure that the
intergovernmental conference, which means the official start of
(Serbia’s) accession negotiations with the EU, is held at the end of
January or even end of December, if possible,” Dačić said.

When it comes to Serbia’s economic cooperation with other countries, Italy is now ahead of Germany and Russia, he said.

More than 500 Italian companies, primarily from the automotive and
textile industries, are doing business in Serbia, employing between
20,000 and 25,000 people and having an annual turnover of about EUR 2.5
billion, said Dačić.

He called on the Italian partners to take
part in the implementation of an agreement the two countries have signed
to improve strategic cooperation in the energy sector.

The
agreement was ratified by the Serbian parliament, he said, adding that
the Italian side needs to say if it wants the project to continue.

The project amounts to EUR 800 million, said Dačić.

The officials of the two governments also discussed an infrastructure
project that would connect Bari (Italy), Bar (Montenegro), Belgrade
(Serbia) and Timisoara (Romania), said the Serbian prime minister.

Concluded the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Tirana with the meeting with the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, Anastasios and representatives of the Greek Minority.

The president and vice KEAD the Albanian parliament , Vangelis Dule informed Mr Venizelos on the state of Greek minority and the problems it faces, such as the unresolved issue of ownership concerning mostly minority residents of the Ionian Sea , the Himara and Saranda .Also another problem facing the Greek minority is , says Mr. Dule ,the missing of textbooks in Greek language .

Mr. Dule pleasure the MP of PASOK Pyrros Dimas for his efforts to resolve the issue of pensions for the members of the Greek Minority.On his part, Mr. Venizelos expressed his readiness Athens to help solve the problems of the Diaspora .

In Addition, accompanied the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece, during an official visit in Tirana, "The Lion of Himara", three times Olympic Champion, Pyrros Dimas, PASOK Parliamentary Group Chairman, in the Greek Parliament, has surprised all political elite of Albania.

This year’s OXI day parade, celebrated on October 28, is going to once again include armored tanks, military planes
as well as other vehicles, which is usually one of the highlights of
this significant parade. (It should be reminded that "OXI" -or ochi- day
in Greece celebrates the heroic “NO” which was General Ioannis Metaxas’
strong reply of to Mussolini’s request to allow Italian troops to come
into Greece at the beginning of WW II).

At the start of the Memorandum three years ago -or when PASOK once again gained power- the armored vehicles
were excluded from the parade following a decision that was taken by
Evangelos -The Large- Venizelos, who at the time was acting as Minister
of Defence. The reason: The cost of parading these vehicles and
airplanes was too high (or so we were told).

But the present Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos decided to ignore
this decision, and after examining a proposal by the Chief of the
Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA) General Michalis
Kostarakos he accepted and from what we learn this year's parade is
indeed going to be grand.

The tanks and armored vehicles
were withdrawn in 2010 when Greece signed the first agreement with its
European lenders in order to reduce the military costs. In fact, the
cost of the annual national parade was reduced from 3.1 million euros to
350,000 euros. However, there is no information concerning this year’s
military parade cost.

The news might sound insignificant to some, and in many ways it is, but
if you examine this issue a little you will agree that PASOK -and
especially Venizelos- get very hot under the collar when socialist
decisions are ignored. In fact they were so annoyed that Harilaou
Trioupi (or PASOK headquarters) even issued a statement about it calling
on the Ministry of Defence to reverse this decision.

What is the big deal? Well, PASOK may have told us that the reason it
decided to ban motorized divisions of the Armed Forces in military
parades on October 28 and March 25 was in the framework of saving money,
but if you go back to that period and view the issue more closely you
will see that it is far from the truth.

On March 25th several years ago, during PASOK rule, Greek citizens for
the first time experienced what it felt like to live in a police state.
We witnessed snipers on the Parliament building, were not permitted near
and/or around the perimeter of the stands where the politicians were
located and the only view of the military parade in all its glory was
via television.

The site of snipers, and no people might be normal in Venizelos' twisted
view of how a country should be operated -or the making of a police
state-, but the truth is that these measures were adopted by his party because they were terrified of the high concentration of armed forces and citizens in one area.

One example of that is what happened in Thessaloniki several years ago.
During that parade, the President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias was
forced to leave after the people flooded the streets not permitting the
parade to continue unless the stand where the dignitaries -or the
country's leadership- was located left. They did, and it soured the
Papandreou government to a great extent.

With Papoulias gone, the majority of military forces also decided to
leave from the parade as well -just one or two divisions remained- and
citizens then continued with a "peoples parade". But the decision by
some young cadets to ignore a call to retreat
to their barracks and march worried the government greatly and
unfortunately, the Armed Forces once again paid dearly for that
political crisis.

And this is because it was much simpler for the leadership at the time
to blame a third party for the mess the country was in, rather than to
take responsibility for creating the chaos to begin with. Three days later the leadership of the Armed Forces was "beheaded" on the same day that the Papandreou government collapsed.

In the statement Venizelos literally denies the Greek people the right
to admire its Armed Forces. "These tanks are not for show but for
defense," said the statement from PASOK adding that "military planes
make us proud as guardians of the Aegean and (should) not be used in
demonstration flights "... And PASOK called on the Ministry of Defence
to reverse its decision.

With Stalin-style tactics and "I command you or else" statements such as
the above, it is no wonder why people do not like, respect and/or trust
Evangelos Venizelos (and more so his party PASOK).

Nikolić says Serbia has "courageous leadership"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić has said
during his meeting with U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby that Serbia has
"brave and courageous leadership."

(Tanjug)

"Through
the fight against corruption, introduction of measures for
stabilization of economy, solution to the Kosovo and Metohija issue,
promotion of Serbia's reputation and establishment of sincere relations
in the region, the state has achieved impressive results in a short
time," Nikolić said.
This fight is opposed by extremists and
the ones who do not have the courage to come to grips with these
problems, the president said, adding that even certain members of the
government cannot follow the current dynamics which leads to prosperity,
the president's press service released.

Ambassador Kirby
pointed to the courage of President Nikolić to take the main instead of
side roads in the vision of Serbia's progress.

Serbia is an
important regional country and we appreciate the progress it has made in
promotion of relations with neighbors, Ambassador Kirby underlined.

He expressed expectation that the EU accession talks will kick off in
January bearing in mind that the negotiating teams opened the talks on
chapters 23 and 24 very successfully and that in spite of the problems
Serbia has decided to participate in the local elections in
Kosovo-Metohija.

Ambassador Kirby said that he knows that
Serbia is facing pressures from all sides, and expressed belief that the
U.S. understands these problems.

The European pathway is very
important for Serbia, and the country has support for everything it does
on this pathway, Kirby underlined, the statement said.

Nikolić
expressed his regret on Monday that the upcoming meeting with Croatian
President Ivo Josipović will yield no concrete agreement.

"We
will meet as it was done by my predecessor that is based on the
relations between two presidents rather than with a view to promoting
the two countries' relations," Nikolić said in the talks Kirby, the
president's press service released.

"I was ready for a concrete
agreement, and recently we were surprised that there will be no
withdrawal of Croatia's genocide lawsuit," Nikolić said.

Ambassador Kirby stated that the upcoming meeting between President
Nikolić and Croatian President Josipović is very positive, the statement
reads.

ikolić will confer with Josipović on Wednesday, and the
Croatian president will have a ceremonial welcome in from of the Palace
of Serbia.

In the press conference, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati, asks the Greek Foreign Minister Venizelos that the light of the treaty of friendship between Albania and Greece, as well as the efforts of NATO as members and the prospective to Albania in EU tomorrow, to engage to remove the Law of War with Albania.

In addition Minister Bushati, declared that Albania's Constitutional Court has annulled a decision of the Albanian government for the maritime agreement with Greece and that can not be discussed.

Venizelos responded about a Resolution of Chameria by Albanian Parliament, saying I do not know everything, you can ask your Minister Bushati for that..

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Chameria Resolution by the Albanian Parliament, put into question Venizelos`s meeting in Tirana

Sources of SManalysis from Athens, show skepticism about the visit of Foreign Minister of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos in Tirana, the next Monday

The agenda of the meeting, has been defined by diplomatic experts, to both countries, but the sudden emergence of the Cameria Resolution officially as the implementation obligated, from the Albanian State, has complicated this visit ..

It is not the first time, if the cancellation of the visit by the Greek side, should happen
.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of Albania, the Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, canceled his visit in Tirana, The Albanian prime minister after Sali Berisha sdeclaration, for that, Albania mentioned extent, from Preveza (Greece) to Preshevo (Serbia).

In the same line, the Albanian Foreign Minister, Ditmir Bushati, stated today that Resolution of Cameria, will be on the agenda of talks.

The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region of the former Communist nation that once prohibited all forms of religious worship. The Church of St. Athanasius in the town of Drymades, known in Albanian as Dhermi, was completely destroyed by government agents acting on the authority of Albania’s Interior Ministry.

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The land in Himara belongs to the people of Himara! Land and property registration NOW! Signe now this petition to the European Councile, for the registration of properties to the only and single eligible owner: the PEOPLE of Himara.

Himara Community of USA, Addresses Himarra Property Issues with US State Department / Ambassador

The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to inform you of issues affecting United States citizens who have vested interests in the municipality of Himarra, Albania, and to express our concern about their long outstanding and unresolved problems regarding property rights. Over 1500 US citizens of Himarrioton descent are disenfranchised of their rights to the ownership of their family properties which were confiscated in 1945 by the communist regime. They have been attempting to claim their family properties since the end of the communist period without success due to the laws and policies of the Albanian government which a) fail to address ownership rights of pre-1945 landowners, b) fail to address the rights of owners who were forced to emigrate to the United States for economic or political reasons, and c) fail to address the rights of those with dual citizenship who have attempted to claim their properties as Albanian citizens.

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Officially: Omonoia, In Albania over 300.000 Greeks declared

30 % or 86,000, are declared electronically and this process includes 85 % of the members of the Greek minority Vlora Prefecture is the mostly populated by Greeks, there are about 90. 000 Greeks. TIRANA - Democratic Union of the Greek Ethnic Minority, Omonoia publishes the results of the census of members of the Ethnic Greek Community, organized by it structures. The Prime Census, was the decision of the General Council of the organization as members argued for exclusion of the Greek minority in the months Census October 2011, organized by the Institute of Statistics .

The history of elections of the Albanian dictator, to terrorize the people of Himara

A special Edition by SManalysis December 2, 1945: The Himariotes, abstaining from communist referendum, as happens usually for Himara the Albanian historians, never wrote this tragic history. Nikos Koutoulas, who boldly told the special communist court: "I'm Greek . I do not know Albanian, get me a interpret!" Still now, Albania never hold free politic elections, including Himara Municipality

Albanian Writer Raises Storm in Kosovo

Kosovo officials have rounded on Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja for saying that the political elites in both countries turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. Besar Likmeta BIRN Tirana Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja In the article published in the May edition of the magazine Sudosteuropa, Lubonja focused on the reaction of Albania’s political class to the acquittal of the former KLA commander and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj by the Hague Tribunal. Lubonja wrote that following Haradinaj’s release, the elite in Pristina and Tirana celebrated him as a hero, despite having enough information that the charges brought by prosecutors in the Hague were correct.

As long as human rights and civil liberties are violated in Himara Region primarily property, Greec

Himara Associations: Athens to block the status of Albania, if Tirana, does not solve the property issue Two associations based in Himara, "The Himara Community" and "Sea Coastal Association" have asked in a statement distributed to the media this afternoon that Greece "should block the candidate status for Albania" if Tirana, will not solve the problems of Human Rights and particularly the issue of the properties in Himara Region. The statement takes into consideration the visit Tirana following day of E.Venizelos the Greek Deputy Prime Minister also heads the Presidency of the European :

Albania minorities object to territorial division

Albania's civil society is calling on officials to diffuse tensions and protect minorities from discrimination and potential violence as a result of the decision to scrap the existing municipalities and create a new territorial administration. The government reduced the 384 local government units to 65, effectively creating entirely Albanian-majority municipalities. Greek, Macedonian and other minority representatives said the government's move violates their rights and international norms.

Poll: Albania, the most racist country in Europe

An international survey data from the World Value Survey collected and processed by the Washington Post reveals that Albania is the most racist country in Europe and worldwide more racists. The survey attempts to make a connection between economic development and being tolerant inside a society with ethnic crashes.. Thus, the most tolerant countries in the world are the Nordic countries, Great Britain and some of its former colonies, the United States, Canada and Australia. Countries with high tolerance are also in Latin America, where Venezuela exception.

Fatos Lobonja: Albania needs formatting not to rebirth

Fatos Lobonja, in an interview for the program "PULS" the KohaVision in Kosovo, there appeared criticism of developments in Albania. According Lubonja Albanians as a society still can not be consolidated. The reasons, according to him, are corrupt Albanian political elites on all sides, inside and abroad. He said they did not thirst for power leaves organize and move forward. Edi Rama's arrival at the head of government, according Lubonja, will not change the image of Albania, because Rama is associated with the oligarchs and organized crime. " He should answer that elite and non-citizens of Albania ", Lobonja estimates.

Nicholas Gage: Athens to give soon the Greek citizenship for thousand north epiriotes

World Council delegation of Epirus Abroad, meeting with the Ministry of Interior for the vote of northern epiriotes and the resolve the pension problem The visit of Nicholas Gage, is considering as the latest diplomatic effort of USA lobbing, for implementation of the "Protocol of Corfu" agreement, between Albania and Greece, based on the ulterior escalation in Balkan region. The Delegation of the World Council of Foreign Relation of Epirus (PSIE) headed by the Honorary President Nicolas Gkatzogianni, had a working meeting with the Greek Interior minister Stylianidis and v/ minister Syrigos.

Himariotes, lobbying in USA, for Autonomy

A group of people of Himara, with American citizenship, are lobbying to the US Congress and the State Department, that the Himara Region, receive the right for autonomy, according to international historical right to his self-determination. Proposed to merge all associations operating in USA, Greece and Albania, to be united in a single purpose: Autonomous Himara, Movements in the Balkans geopolitical, Mitrovica case, cutting pension from Greece, scarce public investment, robbery and illegal registration of property, etc., have raised a great concern, as never in the recent relationship of Himara, Albanian and Greek state relationship.

Pyrros Dimas, meeting with the Greek Minister of Labour, for problem of pensions to the Northern Ep

- Initiative of MP of PASOK, Pyrros Dimas for preparing and drafting a legislative proposal in collaboration with representatives of the Northern Epirus organizations. - The Minister agreed on the need to find a solution and urged the Member to develop concrete proposals, and that after consultation with the Secretary of the New Republic, Manolis Kefaloyiannis will be submitted jointly to the Minister of Finance.

"Kakome Case" again to the Albanian Tribunals

The Greek Community continues to "constant war" with the Albanian government to protect property. The apathy of Athens, to respond to the robbery of the properties in just the time, that OSCE, under the process of the registration of property in Ionian Coast, from European taxpayers, without any trasparence, is favoring according to Albanian law, alienation of property, of the Greek community , with the false documents.

Berisha: albanophobia threatens inter region

Berisha: "We must accept that they are the only people who live in 5 states. A nation that is unjustly divided into 5 states, a nation that wants to look to a common future. But again albanophobia is still in action " Albanian Prime Minister for the second time, threatening Greece, claiming that Albanians in Greece, should join the Albanian state.

NORTHERN EPIRUS THROUGH THE CENTURIES(LECTURE OF VASILIOS KYRANIS, Harvard University -1981) AL

Christos Pappas, in an interview with Arthur Zhei, News 24 TV

Pappas: "Northern Epirus is a region that holds arbitrary from Albania, as recognized by the great powers, the Protocol of Corfu. The Law of War against Albania, can not remove from Papoulias nor Greek parliament, but the Greek army is ready to liberate the Northern Epirus, again

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After a life threatening message to Archbishop Janullatos

42 Orthodox clergy against census and Red & Black Alliance: Janullatos has not afraid of death 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergy have reacted with a joint statement in defense of Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red & Black Alliance, for Archbishop and after a census that sees Orthodox in third place in terms of religion in the country.

Albania: 100 years, Berisha plays 'great Albania' trump card

In Tirana Albanian leaders, tensions with Macedonia 28 November, 10:49 (ANSAmed) - TIRANA, NOVEMBER 28 - Albania's black and red national flag with a double-headed eagle is waving across the country which is celebrating today its 100th anniversary of independence in a tense political climate. The centre-right Premier Sali Berisha has been calling for days for an ethnic-national unification of all Albanians living in different Balkan states, in efforts to revive a strong nationalism which is rejected by Albania's opposition.

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CONTINUES THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM NORTHERN

According to the Greek organisation of Albania estimates there are thousands of Greek American citizens from Northern Epirus (Southern Albania) which is refering the Journalist Lambros Papantoniou, asking the Spokesman of State Department for the rights of American citizens with Greek origin to take their properties in Southern Albania. Papantoniou is refereeing a Memo between Albanian State and USA about the civil rights especially for the properties of American citizens who are interested to take them according to Albanian Constitution and laws the properties of family generation. This is the second debate of the veteran Journalist for Balkan Issues in State Department Lambros Papantoiou who accuses over all the Sali Berisha Regim in Albania supported by the President Bush.

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SManalysis Orthodox churches of Albania, are Byzantine churches, belong to the property of the population of Epirus.....

Avramopoulos`s speach during NATO meeting

Greece threatens Albania blocking the integration process after Berisha's statements Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, has expressed his concern at the NATO ministerial meeting about rising tide of nationalism in Albania and premature declarations of the government. In a press release the Greek Foreign Ministry said that "the growth of nationalism and populism in some of our neighboring countries is a source of great concern."

The U.S. talk of "change of borders in the Balkans"

Message-warning sent to Albania by the U.S. representative to the State Department, which in a statement said that any change of borders in the Balkans "would be counterproductive and destabilizing," but the issue is that for the first time put the U.S. even and negative mood on any change of borders in the Balkans ...

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THE BIG CHANGE IN PERIVOLO, DRYMADES, HIMARA REGION

Dhermi, (Drymades, Himara Region) between natural beauty and destruction Look at those videos, before in 2010, everything natural and in 2012 the differences, the big changes how are divided Mafia plots, see whose investments are shown, with the camera of a sportsman parachute, in Long Beach "Perivolo" in Dhrymades, the Himara Region. Look at how this summer 2012, the Concessions of Mafia provided by The Himara Counsil Municipality and the Government of Albania, have become a reality. The Sand Beach Drymades, is transformed in the sidewalks and kiosks. See how they are transformed Dhermi, in a few years, in an administrative center, disrupting also balance the religious and ethnic composition of himariotes.

Robert Elsie: If I would live in Albania, it would be crazy. It is the same as in Ottoman times

After known albanolog Milan Shufla, Robert Elsie is the best conteproranean albanian albanolog in the World During his intereweu on "Top Channely TV, Robert Elsie, on his first interview on TV. expresed his story about Albanian and Albanian state in 100 years. An interesting tale scholar known for his work difficulties in view of the Albanian language. Elsie, who knows Albanians for years, amounts to a chilling conclusion. He says he will not ever live in Albania, as it will go mad. "I can not live here. It's a little wild for me, the relationships between people are a bit wild. I know that is just a facade that inside have good spirit, but have a rabies in human relations. You know how to protect yourself here, and here I am like a rabbit, he can not defend myself. I come here with pleasure, but do not believe they can afford to come and live here forever. There is much frustration of everyday life. Life is too short and I do not have time to bump into obstacles, only to achieve something, when in another country and get away and then live my life, "said Elsie to Albanian. And while Enver Hoxha's Albania as compared with that of Sali Berisha, adds: "There is something that depends only on the party, it's more the attitude of the people. So to get something going, you have to know someone in the Ministry, to drink coffee with, then drink coffee again next week with even a third time, and then he connects with the person that you are interested . That is the same as in Ottoman times, not like a normal country. ".

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Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania. According to “The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare”, in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years. The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

BERISHA: GREATER ALBANIA, WE LOST TERRITORIES

he Albanian Prime Minister held a meeting with Prishtina University students, in which he argued why he is against the unification of Albania with Kosovo and why both countries would lose, if borders would be changed. “The vital interest of the Albanians is to preserve the current borders, and the Albanians should not accept, at any cost, to lose a single square meter of the land they are entitled to. Another redraw of the borders would mark undeserved losses of the Albanian territories. We must be patient, free, and should not undertake any action that threatens territorial losses. Every generation has to make its duty, and this generation made it”, Berisha declared.

Dimas:"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is … crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor. In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ». As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

The Constitutional Court Decision on December 1, the Latter abolished the term Ethnic certificate of Its Citizens. In the Decision, panels argues why the notion of "nationality" is incompatible with the constitution When Its state charter law does not provid a clear definition of Its meaning. In Assessing the Court, "nationality" as defined concept without, unlike Other components of civil law does not Create a link that 'translates the Mutual rights and duties of Natural Persons and state.

While the total population in Himara Municipality, does not exceed 12 thousand inhabitants, a source from the prosecution of Vlora, shows that the problems of ownership at the squirrels region have reached the 7500 court proceedings and special investigations, which marks a world record, by how a country like Albania, could not manage the right of ownership, in one of the areas attacked by the Albanian mafia and international. However, the U.S. Department Report for 2004 on human rights in Albania, states clearly that in the Himara Municipality, the community lands and the Orthodox Church, was robbed by a Courts with false documents, supported by the Office of Propetry Registration in Albania.

Arben Puto: Albania has declared war against Greece first

In his book "The Italian Greek War", Arben Puto, well known historian of the era of dictatorship in Albania, writes that: "In a unanimous decision of the Albanian Parliament on July 15, 1940, was ratified, the Italian Fascist royal decree, which declared all war allies France and Britain, including the USA and Greece. So need to Albanians, to be aware that Greece was not declared war Albania, but Albania, with military battalions that attacked Greece on 28 October 1940 ".

WB returns to Ionian Riviera residence reconstruction

Another World Bank project is being executed with the help of the Albanian authorities for the reconstruction of the residences in Albania’s southern coastline. The 625.000 USD project aims to protect and promote the values of the Albanian national architecture in the Southern part of the country, in order to prevent destruction and abandonment of the traditional houses. “Shqip” newspapers says that the Ministry of Public Works is the WB partner in the “Roofs and Facades” project. The implementation of the program has started in the villages classified as participators: Dhermi i Vjeter, Qeparo i Vjeter, Ilias, Vuno, Himare e Vjeter, Piqeras, Nivice and Luksht. The World Bank will finance 70% of the restauration cost, with a maximum of 7000 USD, while the program “Accommodation and Breakfast” will finance 50 of the restoration cost, with a maximum of 5,000 USD. The program “Roofs and Facades” aims to restore 72 houses in 18 months. 20 of them will adopt with the conditions of modern life, in the framework of the program “Accommodation and Breakfast”.

In Albania, at 20 years post-dictatorship, 8 thousands murders, for the issue of property

The shocking data, are given by the Prosecutor General, to the Albanian press Shocking facts which, in the wake of Albania rank Civil War, the high level of killings, including the year 1997 Through the Albanian press, Attorney General, has published shocking facts about the increasing number of murders in Albania, especially for issues of ownership. Clic on photo ....

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First step to Greater Albania: Kosovo Opens First Highway Section

A 38 kilometre-tranche of the road, which will eventually cross the country from the Albanian to Serbian border, was opened on Saturday. The first section, which runs from Vermica on the Albanian border to close to the town of Suhareka, cost 330 million euro. Senior Kosovo and Albania government officials were present at the inauguration ceremony. In a speech, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said that the "highway has the role of linking nations and countries". "It is our link with important European corridors. Our coordinated policy will make us a free and equal members of the European Union," she added. Named the "Ibrahim Rugova Highway", after Kosovo's most famous president, the road connects with Albania's first highway, which was also built by the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka.

George Goro: Registration of properties on the southern coast of Albania faces difficulties

The process of registration of property in southern coastal areas of Albania is getting quite difficult. Mayor George Himara Goro says it has so far only completed the registration of houses and land but not land. Problems with documentation and the implementation of the Land Law difficult, according to him, residents in this process.

The Monument of Independence of Albania, is in hassle

PDIU Cam Community Party, the Socialist Party's local leader in Vlora, and "Red & Black Alliance", are making a nationalistic competition, the Monument of Independence and the Albanian national flag. Few days ago, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, said the establishment of a new monument to the independence of Albania in Tirana, implying, dismiss the historical tradition of Albanian independence in Vlora.

Himarrioton Society of America

The Himarriotans of America, motivated by the love of Himarra, the land of their native origin, and dedicated to the noblest ideals of their forfathers, have established this organization which aspires to the cultivation and preservation of Himarriotic culture in America, to making a positive difference in the lives of its members, and to promoting the rights and interests of the Himarriotans in Himarra, through the realization of patriotic, charitable, philanthropic, educational and cultural endeavors.

Opinion in Kosovo: "Socialists in Albania, are filo Greek"

The Chairman of the Opposition in Albania, Edi Rama, accused by the press in Kosovo that "he is with filo Greek sentiments" If, Sali Berisha, Albania's current prime minister, is expected both in Macedonia and Kosovo, as president of the Albanian nation, this has not happened with the chairman of the opposition in Albania, Edi Rama. During a recent visit to Kosovo, Edi Rama is unpopular, the fact that the perception of public opinion in Kosovo, is that the south, is the area close to Greece, but especially Rama and the Socialist Party, was accused of holding a position filo Greek, against the interests of Greater Albania.